Cord-holder.



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CORD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed September 13, 1907. Serial No. 392,779.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VoLLEY H. Rooxs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bowdon, in the county of Carroll and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cord-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cord holder adapted for engaging the cord upon a window shade roller said cord being adapted to adjust the said shade, and the said holder being arranged to hold the cord so that the shade can be held in its adjusted position.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of the invention is better set forth, and it will be understood that changes Within the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure 1 is a front elevation of a Window shade showing the cord holder applied to the window frame and engaged with the cord for the roller of the shade. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cord holder.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates a window shade secured. in a suitable manner to a roller 2, the said roller having wound thereon at one end a cord 9 having at one end a ring 1 1 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. A window frame of usual form is provided, and upon the member A of the said frame is mounted a cord holder formed from a single iece of suitable material bent to form parallel spaced members 13 between which the fasteners 14 are driven into the member A of the window frame to support said cord holder. An arm 15 extends outward from one of .the arallel members 13, and at right angles to t e arm 15 is a member 16 provided with a hookshaped keeper 18 by means of which the cord 9 is held in any adjusted position. The said keeper 18 is constructed in such manner that a substantially cylindrical passage 19 is provided which is normally closed by a flat lip 17 adapted to engage a portion of the member 16.

Supposing the shade to be in a position shown in Fig. 1, should it be desired to raise the said shade, the cord 9 is moved into the passage 19 of the keeper and drawn downward, thus raising the shade to the required position. When it is desired to lower the shade the cord is again released from the keeper 17 and the shade will drop by gravity. One of the parallel members 18 of the said cord holder is extended downwardly below the arm 15 and is bent to form a hook 12 adapted to receive the ring 11 carried by the cord 9.

It will be seen that a comparatively simple and effective device is constructed that may be manufactured at a relatively low figure and used in connection with shades of the class described for effectively holding the cords so that the said shades may be held in their adjusted position.

I claim A device of the class described comprising parallel spaced members; one of said members having a right angularly extending portion, and a right angularly extending member carried by said portion, said member having a hook shaped keeper adapted to receive a shade cord, the other parallel member having a portion extending below the right angularly extending portion of the first named member, and a hook formed at the terminal end of said portion to receive a ring of a shade cord.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. VOLLEY H. ROOKS.

Witnesses:

Gno. L. Downns, JosIAn J. WALKER. 

